Upon request of the board stating that funds are needed for earthquake relief purposes, the committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter in order to carry out the actions specified in Section 8879.3, and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive issues of bonds may be authorized and sold to carry out those actions progressively, and be sold at any one time. Bonds may bear interest subject to federal income tax.

(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 310, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 192 at the March 26, 1996, election.)